Ruined Out...

We arrived in Crete yesterday after a bumpy ferry ride. This morning, Paula and I went to Knossos, the largest palace of the Minoan civilization. It's pretty crazy that these folks showed up about 6,700 BC (or something) and then disappeared about 3,500 years ago. One of the thoughts is that they disappeared as a result of the volcano eruption that shaped Santorini. However, after visiting that ruin and then the archaeological museum here in Iraklio, Paula and I are about spent with old rocks and portions of frescoes. Tomorrow, we're heading to the cave where Zeus was reportedly born. Since that's quick trip and we'll get a bit of a hike out of it, we're going to see that mythological 'ruin,' but after that I think we're putting a moratorium on old stuff. We need more beaches and mountains. The car we've rented should help us get out and about.

Paula is getting a little perturbed with me...tonight is the Champions Cup matches and we're surrounded by tavernas (restraunts) that will be showing the games. She thinks all we're doing is watching soccer on the trip, which is not entirely true. Oh, and today we spent about 3-4 hours trying to figure out how to buy tickets to the Newcastle v Liverpool and Fiorintina v Roma matches while we're in England and Italy. Haven't had much luck on that front yet, but I'm working on it.

This could be our last post for a couple days since there's likely not much internet in these small Cretan towns that we'll be staying at. I'm also trying to figure out how to post some of our photos to the blog. Until then, toodles.